[Hiring] Principal Water Engineer @Kiewit

Role Description

We are looking for a strong leader, with deep expertise in process engineering, treatment optimization for advanced water/wastewater knowledge. As a Principal Water Engineer at Kiewit, you’ll be the technical force behind some of the most complex and meaningful water treatment projects in North America. This is a role for a true Municipal Water expert, someone who not only understands advanced treatment technologies, but has the passion and ability to turn them into safe, constructible, cost‑effective solutions that work in the real world. At Kiewit, your designs don’t stay on paper; they become facilities built by one of the largest and most capable self‑perform contractors in the industry.

You’ll guide multidisciplinary engineering teams, shape treatment strategies, and serve as the trusted technical voice during pursuits, design development, and project execution. From early process modeling to startup and commissioning, you’ll influence every stage of delivery—ensuring quality, innovation, and constructability are embedded into every decision. This is an opportunity to lead with expertise, mentor the next generation of water engineers, and help communities and industries secure reliable, resilient water infrastructure for decades to come.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and engineering leadership for Municipal Water treatment design, which includes selecting and sizing treatment technologies, development and validating of process flow diagrams and mass balances.
• Serve as technical authority as the “go to” expert for treatment process decisions, approve critical design deliverables and technical calculations.
• Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers within the team.
• Establish and enforce Kiewit’s water design standards and best practices.
• Ensure designs are constructible, cost effective and aligned with field execution.
• Lead proposals and pursuits, shaping technical strategy for major water pursuits.
• Oversee project delivery through managing multi-disciplinary design teams, while ensuring quality control across all engineering deliverables for your project.
• Support permitting, startup, commissioning and operator training.
• Communicate/present industry trends, competitive situations or technology/regulatory issues.
• Actively participate in professional organizations. Be a practice leader for Kiewit in the Water market.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical, Mechanical, or Civil/Environmental Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in process development, conceptual and detailed design with a background in the municipal and/or Industrial water market.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration preferred.
• Understanding of federal, state and local regulations and requirements related to water characterization, treatment and discharge.
• Experience as process design engineering lead on design-build projects is preferred.
• Must be willing and available to accommodate intermittent travel (20-30% maximum expected) if located at one of our main office facilities.
• Preferred experience utilizing AFT Fathom or AFT Arrow hydraulic simulation software (or equivalent) and/or experience with process modeling and simulation software applications such as Biowin, GPS-X, Hysys and/or Aspen, WatPro, AqMB, SIMBA etc.

Requirements

• Regular, reliable attendance.
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely.
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents.
• Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Retirement plans with matching.
• Generous paid time off.

Company Description

The Kiewit Water Engineering team, which includes process, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation and control, structural, and civil disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on collaborative Design-Build (progressive and/or fixed price) and EPC delivery models for complex water projects. The team brings project solutions to life across North America in the following areas:

• Water Treatment
• Potable Municipal and Groundwater Desalination
• Advanced Water Reuse
• Groundwater Remediation
• Storm water Recycling
• Industrial Water Treatment
• Wastewater Treatment
• Biosolids Treatment
• Pipelines and Conveyance